Info from our Affiliate, in Canada

[Veronica]

Re: Birth Bonds.

First of all, go here and read this

Scroll down that page and you’ll see some instructions on how to ‘get a quote’ via fidelity.com.

Operate those instructions accurately (they DO work, and they are absolutely correct!)

When you get the ‘Search Box’ type in the year of your birth, a slash “/”, and your Birth Certificate Number. (Make sure you select MUTUAL FUND and FUND NUMBER)

I did this, and it found an entry. Bearing in mind my Birth Certificate Number and the year (1944) I think the chances of this being an accident are astronomic!

Try it yourself. If it works for at least one other individual then … WE ARE ON TO SOMETHING!

(Don’t ask me ‘what’, though. And don’t ask me what the information Chart means! At the moment, anyway)

[fredqwerty]

Sorry to disappoint, but I this one has been doing the rounds for a while.
The search ignores everything after the '/' and just returns info on a fund with the number 1962 etc

[museman]

Sorry to disappoint, but I this one has been doing the rounds for a while.
The search ignores everything after the '/' and just returns info on a fund with the number 1962 etc

Yes that was the same when I tried it fredqwerty, it doesn't matter what is after the slash, the same results appear.

[Highspirit]

Absolutely. Same for me.

[IamallthatIam]

Right this is what I came up with:

Fidelty Advisor Asset Manager 30%
Class A
Symbol FtAAX
CUSIP XXXXXXXXX (removed by me)
Fund NUmber XXXX (removed by me)
NAV 8.36
CHANGE Ʌ 0.07
% CHANGE Ʌ0.84%
PREVIOUS NAV 8.29
PREVIOUS NAV DATE 7/14/2009
DIVIDEND RATE 0.0200
DIVIDEND PAY DATE 07/13/2009
EX DIVIDEND DATE 07/10/2009
30 DAY YIELD %
OFFER PRICE (POP) 8.87
LOAD% 5.75%
FUND NUMBER xxxx ( REMOVED BY ME)



Yeah, see , now what does that tell you ?????

[Highspirit]

Tells you the basics of an obscure fund that some fund geek out there might be interested in reading. Means nothing when it come to BC's or anything. It's just a fund number and its performance for investor geeks.

[Veronica]

Yes ... you are right.

I get the same thing by typing in "1944".

(I'm on a friend's machine ... will try just my BC Number when I get home)